Elias HOWELL

(1792-1844)

HOWELL, Elias, (father of
James Bruen Howell), a Representative from Ohio; born in New Jersey
in 1792; attended the public schools; moved to Newark, Ohio, in
1819; member of the State senate 1830-1832; elected as an
Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March
3, 1837); was not a candidate for renomination; died near Newark,
Ohio, in May 1844.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present